Display-rack.



A. S. MADDEN.

. DISPLAY RACK.

APPLICATION FILED 1320.17. 1910.

, 1,015,448, Patented Jan. 23,1912.

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A. S. MADDEN. DISPLAY RACK. APPLICATION FILED DBO; 1-7, 1910.

Patentd Jan. 23, 1912.

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a citizen of the United UNITED STATES PATENT curren ARMANI) MADDEN, OF CHICAGO; ILLINQIS;

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARMAND S. MADDEN, States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Display-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective .view of my improved device; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modified form of one portionof the device; Fig. 3 is a broken elevation through certain portions of the device; Fig. 4 is a broken elevation through that form of end-support shown in Fig. l, and Fig. 5 is a central section through that form of endsupport shown in Fig. 2.

Referring to drawings, A is abase made in the form of a yoke of tubing, its downwardly turned ends being provided with flattened feet a and its center having an upwardly-projecting piece a into which screws a vertically-projecting tube a which is adapted to receive a vertically-extending standard B. Telescoping into the standard B is a tube C, movement between the same being limited by a ring 0 secured to the tube a suflicient distance above its end to permit the portion below the rin to telescope within the upper part of t e standard B. D, D are two horizontal tubes .telescoping together at their ends, each of said tubes D and D having at its end an elbow to which is secured downwardly-extending tubes (i, d the tube at telescoping over the tube C and the tube al being ada ted to receive the upper end of a tube which enters the upper end of a tube E coiiperating therewith in the same manner that the tube C cooperates with the tube B. All these tubes in the position shown can be knocked down and packed into a very small space. The tubes. screws oil the piece a and lies between the curves of the yoke A. The tube 0 fits inside the tube B when turned end for end and the tube E enters the tube E in a similar manner. When this packing is completed, therefore, there is one length of the tube 0, one of the lengths of the tube E the two members D, D with their elbows together with the base A. V The opposite end of the dis lay rack is supported in either of the two a ternative manners shown in the drawings.

Referring to Fig. 1, F is a horizontal bar aving an upwardly-projecting boss f which is supported a tube f.

except by overturning the trunk.

upon the floor.

b, The bar 1 Specification of Lettersl'atentp P t nted Jan. 23,1912 Application filed December 17,1910. Serial 1016973511 a has projecting upward from it hooks G which areadapted to hook over the edgeof the trunk in thev manner illustrated. The lowerend of the tube, E enters thetube f 50 thus obtainin firm supporttherefrom. The tube f is suiciently. spaced outward from the hooks G to, permit the coverfof the trunk to beset downupon t e upperparts of the hooks, the metalyclip commonlyprovided 5 upon trunks passing between thehooks and the tube f thusflockingthewhole constructipn in a firmposit ion, display rack erected, in this manner 1 39 not be; upset In the modified orm of constructibn shown in Fig. 2 the horizontal'bar F is perforated at its center and instead of the tube 7 a tube f is used which extends not only above but below said bar F, thus providing a long guide. In this case the combined lengths of the two tubes E and E is suflicient that the end of the tube E can pass entirely through the tube f "and rest This construction is not quite so compact,-nor so light as the other construction but it has the advantage that it canbe used with any style of trunk, no. matter what may be the height of the edge of the trunk vfrom the floor, whereas, the 86 style of construction shown in Fig. 1 requires that the tubing be so proportioned that the horizontal bar of the rack will lie in its proper plane, while one end of the rack is im the floor and the other is sup- 90 V ported by the edge of the trunk.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of the construction,- without departing from the spirit of my invention; therefore I do not intend to limit myself to the specific form herein shown and described.

What. I claim as new by Letters Patent, is

1. In a display rack the combination with two vertical supporting standards and a horizontal member extendin from one to.

and desire to secure the other of these standar s and secured thereto, of a bracket provided with a hook adapted to detachablyengagefthe upper edge of a vertical wall of a trunk, means carried by the hook to engage one ofsaid 'standardsto' maintain the same parallel to the wall of the trunk and support the rack firml in its set up position.

2. n a display rack the combination with two vertical supporting standards composed of shorter telescoping sections, and a'horizontal member extending .from'one to the other of these standards and secured thereto, said horizontal member being composed of two telescoping sections each having a downwardly extending elbow adapted to fit over the end of one of the vertical standards by which the horizontal member is secured to said vertical standards, of a bracket provided with a hook adapted to engage the upper edge of a vertical wall of a trunk, means carried by the hook to engage one of said standards to maintain the same par allel to the wall of the trunk and support the rack firml in its set up position.

3. In a disp ay rack the combination with two vertical supporting standards and. a

vhorizontal member extending from one to the other of said standards and secured thereto, ofa bracket provided with a hook adapted 'to detachably -engage the upper edge of a vertical wall of a trunk, a perforated boss carried by the hook adapted to embrace one vertical standard to maintain the same in vertical position, said boss being slidable on the standard to diflerent heights whereby the bracket may be secured to the vertical wallof trunks of different height and the standard maintained parallel to said wall and the rack supported firmly in its set up position.

4. The combination with two vertical standards and a horizontal member extending from one to the other, of a vertical guide embracing one vertical standard to maintain the same in position, and a pair of hooks attached to said guide arranged to hook over the upper edge of a trunk-wall, said guide being removed from the plane of the hooks to permit the rim of the trunk-lid 'to lietherebetween, whereby the lid may rest on the hooks and hold the guide firmly in position.

A'RMAND S. MADDEN.

In the presence of L; HEISLAR, R. SCHAEFER. 

